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twin bill

American  

noun

Sports.
  1. a doubleheader, as in baseball.


twin bill British  

noun

  1. an informal name for double feature double-header

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of twin bill

First recorded in 1945–50

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Oscar Gonzalez had two hits and an RBI for Cleveland, which also dropped both games of a twin bill Tuesday at Detroit.

From Washington Times Apr. 23, 2023

With the Senators out of town on a 19-game road trip, 18,000 came out to see the twin bill, The Post reported.

From Washington Post Jun. 21, 2022

While attendance hadn't been announced for the doubleheader, it appeared that the twin bill drew the largest crowd of the Blue Jays' tenure at Sahlen Field.

From Fox News Jul. 18, 2021

Tuesday’s twin bill will be the Mets’ first under the 2020 rule in which doubleheader games last only seven innings.

From New York Times Aug. 24, 2020

“We split the twin bill yesterday,” Webb says.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

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